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Crater Left behind by a Drained Sub-Glacial Lake in Greenland (IMAGE)
In April 2014, researchers flew over a site in southwest Greenland to find that a sub-glacial lake had drained away. This photo shows the crater left behind, as well as a deep crack in the ice.
Large magma bodies found beneath dormant volcanoes, surprising scientists
New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that ...
Even ‘Sleeping’ Volcanoes Have Large Magma Bodies Sitting Beneath Them
A seismic survey challenges the long-standing belief that only active volcanoes have large magma bodies sitting beneath them.
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Geologists Discover a Giant Meteor Pit Born From a ‘Nuclear Explosion Level’ Event, Unsure When Exactly It Happened
The lake possibly drained away because of the eastern rim's erosion. The team analyzed rock fragments in the crater under a microscope and discovered deformations in the quartz grains. As per ...
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Anatomy of Nyiragongo
As seismic activity within the volcano increases, the crater periodically contains an active lava lake that can drain suddenly and catastrophically out of Nyiragongo, gorging the volcano's ...